GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| guileless | innocent |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |